US6492622B2 - Cooking arrangement for cooking food such as a stove, a cooktop, and other cooking appliances, with an easy-to-clean surface - Google Patents

Cooking arrangement for cooking food such as a stove, a cooktop, and other cooking appliances, with an easy-to-clean surface Download PDF

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US6492622B2
US6492622B2 US09/828,288 US82828801A US6492622B2 US 6492622 B2 US6492622 B2 US 6492622B2 US 82828801 A US82828801 A US 82828801A US 6492622 B2 US6492622 B2 US 6492622B2
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  • This invention relates to an easy-to-clean glass ceramic cooktop, preferably for use as a cooking surface for a cooktop such as on kitchen stoves, and in particular for self-cleaning ovens or warming stoves.
  • This invention further relates to an easy-to-clean glass ceramic window, preferably for use as a window for oven doors, such as on kitchen stoves, and in particular for windows on self-cleaning ovens or warming stoves.
  • Glass ceramic plates for glass ceramic cooking surfaces such as cooktops are typically difficult to clean because the surface contains uneven spots and pits or pores in which spilled or encrusted food gathers during cooking. The food particles are difficult to remove. Even when the cooking surface is cleaned with a scraper, residue is left behind in the pits.
  • the uneven spots on the cooking surface also minimize energy transmission from the heating source of the cooking surface to a cooking utensil such as a pot or pan because air cushions are formed between the cooking surface and the bottom of a cooking utensil. Thus, cooking time is increased, thereby decreasing the efficiency of the cooktop.
  • the cooking surface can be made smooth by grinding and polishing or by the application of a coating, but these additional steps increase the cost of manufacturing of the cooking surface.
  • Glass ceramic plates for glass ceramic cooking surfaces such as cooktops are typically manufactured by rolling Li—Al—Si glass (“green glass”), which is then ceramized.
  • the glass ceramic material has a red to red-brown color or is transparent with a non-transparent coating on the underside.
  • the glass ceramic plate acquires a surface that has uneven spots from which it is difficult to remove dirt particles that typically originate from spilled or overflowing food being cooked.
  • decoration is applied to the cooking surfaces, individual areas of the decor also stick up and are the first parts to be rubbed off when mechanical stress is applied.
  • the surface of the cooking surface is also not flat.
  • the R a of the roughness (arithmetic mean of the absolute height differences from the center plane) is 0.35 ⁇ m to 0.55 ⁇ m.
  • a scraper blade is the most effective cleaning agent. It cleans better than sponges and cleaning agents with abrasive particles. However, it leaves residues behind in the “depressions”.
  • the glass ceramic plates have a deviation from flatness of up to ⁇ 0.4 mm and a size of 300 ⁇ 300 mm.
  • the resulting distortions of the images of long sources of light such as fluorescent tubes are noticeable, however, and adversely affect the high-quality image of the product.
  • the uneven spots are also disadvantageous with regard to energy transmission.
  • the energy transmission to the pots and pans on cooking units with glass ceramic cooking surfaces is primarily by thermal transmission. Only the transport of heat from the spiral-wound heating coil to the underside of the cooking surface occurs by radiation. As a result of uneven spots, air cushions are formed between the cooking surface and the bottom of the pot that increase the time required for cooking. They also lead to an increase in the surface temperature, as a result of which losses to the environment increase and the efficiency decreases.
  • the underside of the cooking surface is provided by means of a patterned roller with a dimpling that has a wavelength of approximately 2 mm and a dimple height of 50 ⁇ m to 200 ⁇ m.
  • the dimples on the underside also make it impossible to successfully use heating elements that require thermal contact.
  • a smooth surface of a cooktop made of glass ceramic can be achieved in the manner of the prior art, for example, by grinding followed by polishing.
  • the preliminary grinding is done with a grain size of approximately 100 ⁇ m.
  • the preliminary grinding is followed by grinding with a grain size of 12-15 ⁇ m.
  • the final polishing is done with an even finer grain size.
  • a smooth surface can also be produced in the manner of the prior art by means of a coating.
  • a coating for example, there are transparent glass ceramics that have a heat-reflecting coating, e.g. SnO 2 .
  • the prior art also discloses the use of SiO 2 as a protective coating on a glass ceramic cooktop. Both coatings make the surface smooth and facilitate cleaning, among other things.
  • Windows for enclosed heated areas where the temperature exceeds 350° C. are typically made of transparent glass ceramic. When such windows are used as oven door windows for heating stoves or in pyrolysis ovens, combustion residues are deposited on the windows and have to be removed. Commercial cleaning agents, cloths, sponges and scrapers are used to clean the windows.
  • the surface of the transparent glass ceramic that is manufactured using conventional methods is typically structured and uneven. It is similar to an orange peel and generally has a surface with a R a (arithmetic mean of the absolute height differences from the center plane) of 0.35 ⁇ m to 0.55 ⁇ m.
  • R a arithmetic mean of the absolute height differences from the center plane
  • This macroscopic structure also contains small isolated holes or depressions, pores, or pits, or elevations that have a diameter of up to 0.5 mm.
  • the dirt accumulates in the depressions as well as behind the elevations of the surface and can no longer be removed mechanically.
  • Mechanical cleaning using special cleaning scrapers and sponges is of only limited effectiveness for this purpose. Nevertheless, the best cleaning results are frequently achieved with a sponge and scraper, because, given the composition of the combustion residue, commercial chemical cleaning agents are no longer effective.
  • a smooth surface of a window made of glass ceramic can be achieved in the manner of the prior art, for example, by grinding followed by polishing.
  • the preliminary grinding is done with a grain size of approximately 100 ⁇ m.
  • the preliminary grinding is followed by grinding with a grain size of 12-15 ⁇ m.
  • the final polishing is done with an even finer grain size.
  • a smooth surface can also be produced in the manner of the prior art by means of a coating.
  • a coating for example, there are transparent glass ceramics that have a heat-reflecting coating, e.g. SnO 2 .
  • the prior art also discloses the use of SiO 2 as a protective coating on a glass ceramic window. Both coatings make the surface smooth and facilitate cleaning, among other things.
  • the situation is similar for the manufacture of a glass ceramic plate that is used as a cooking surface of a cooktop.
  • This invention relates to an easy-to-clean glass ceramic object for household use, preferably for use as a cooking surface for a cooktop or as a window for oven doors, such as on kitchen stoves, and in particular for windows on pyrolysis ovens or heating stoves.
  • the invention also relates to window panes for enclosed hot areas with temperatures >350° C., e.g. in self-cleaning ovens, which are typically made of transparent glass ceramic.
  • self-cleaning ovens which are typically made of transparent glass ceramic.
  • combustion residues are thereby deposited on the windows, which residues must then be removed. It is difficult to clean a window of this type, because the surface of the transparent glass ceramic that is manufactured using conventional methods is typically structured and uneven.
  • the invention further relates to a cooking surface for a cooktop. Encrusted, spilled, or overflowing food is deposited on the cooking surfaces of cooktops during cooking and the removal of such residue is difficult because the surface of a cooktop is typically rough and uneven.
  • the invention teaches the manufacture of an easy-to-clean glass ceramic cooktop from a floated glass ceramic.
  • the invention teaches the manufacture of an easy-to-clean class ceramic window body from a floated glass ceramic that has a specified surface quality that is comparable to that of a floated soda lime glass pane.
  • the object of the invention is to create a glass ceramic surface for a cooktop that is easy to clean and that has a smooth and, therefore, easy-to-clean surface even without additional manufacturing steps such as polishing or coating.
  • Another object of the invention is to create a glass ceramic window for an oven or stove that is easy to clean and that has a smooth and, therefore, easy-to-clean surface even without additional manufacturing steps such as polishing or coating.
  • Another object of the invention is to create a glass ceramic object that is easy to clean and that has a smooth and, therefore, easy-to-clean surface even without additional manufacturing steps such as polishing or coating.
  • the invention teaches that this object can be accomplished by an easy-to-clean glass ceramic object, comprising a floated glass ceramic that directly and without additional polishing has a surface structure that has a roughness determined by the average roughness R a ⁇ 0.02 ⁇ m and/or the square average roughness R q ⁇ 0.01 ⁇ m.
  • the green glass i.e. the primary glass used for the object to be ceramized, is manufactured using the float process.
  • the green glass has a smooth, flat surface. This surface remains smooth and flat during the subsequent ceramization, and on glass ceramic plates for cooking surfaces it also remains smooth and flat during the decoration process.
  • the fine corrugations that are unavoidably formed when the glass is manufactured by rolling do not form in floated material and, as a result, the upper side of the glass is particularly flat and smooth.
  • floated ceramic objects manufactured as claimed by the invention are easy to clean.
  • these glass ceramic objects are used as windows in oven doors, it is easy to remove condensed vapors as well as pyrolysis residues and similar substances.
  • these glass ceramic objects are used as glass ceramic cooking surfaces, it is easy to remove encrusted, spilled, or overflowed food. Cleaning using a blade scraper therefore leaves essentially no residue.
  • the cooking surfaces manufactured from the glass ceramic claimed by the invention have a deviation from flatness of ⁇ 0.03 mm, which is typical for float glass, with reference to a format of 300 ⁇ 300 mm (compared to 0.4 mm for rolled material). On account of their better flatness, such surfaces are characterized by a particularly advantageous optical impression with regard to the reflection of light sources in the kitchen or from the outdoors.
  • the decorative coating which is conventionally approximately 5 ⁇ m thick on glass ceramic cooking surfaces, is oriented in a plane, on account of the absence of fine corrugations. Because there are no elevated areas, the uneven wear of the decoration under mechanical load is prevented. Consequently, the decoration does not become “cloudy” after extended use.
  • the transmission of energy is also improved.
  • the average roughness R a is the arithmetic mean or average of the absolute height differences from the center plane or the arithmetic average of the absolute amounts of the differences between the actual or measured profile and the average profile.
  • This average profile is calculated by laying a profile through the measured profile within a reference length, so that the sum of the surface area of the measured profile filled with material on the top and the sum of the surface areas free of materials on the bottom are equal.
  • R q square average roughness, determined by means of white light interference microscopy (measurement area 0.6 ⁇ 0.5 mm).
  • the initial glass used for the glass ceramic is a float glass, in which the origin of undesirable surface defects during the floating is prevented by restricting the concentrations of Pt to ⁇ 300 ppb, Rh to ⁇ 3.0 ppb, ZnO to ⁇ 1.5 wt. and SnO 2 to ⁇ 1 wt. %, and by fining or refining the glass during the melting without using the conventional fining agents arsenic oxide or antimony oxide.
  • Floats conventionally consist of the melting chamber or hot end, in which the glass is melted and fined or refined, an interface that provides the transition from the oxide atmosphere in the melting chamber into the reducing atmosphere in the rest of the system, and the float portion, in which the glass is shaped by pouring it onto a molten metal, generally Sn, in a reducing atmosphere of forming gas.
  • the glass is formed by allowing it to flow out smoothly onto the Sn bath and by top rollers that exert a force on the surface of the glass.
  • the glass cools, and at the end of the float portion it is lifted off and transferred into a cooling furnace or lehr or annealing furnace/oven.
  • the glass contains more than 300 ppb Pt or more than 30 ppb Rh in dissolved form, metallic precipitations of Pt or Rh particles can form as a result of the reducing conditions in the glass surface, and these particles can serve as effective seeds for large high quartz or beta quartz mixed crystals up to 100 ⁇ m large, and thus cause undesirable surface crystallization.
  • the ZnO concentration is restricted to 1.5 wt. %. It has been shown that under the reducing conditions of the floating, the zinc is depleted in the surface of the glass. It is thereby assumed that the zinc is partly reduced on the surface of the glass, whereupon it vaporizes as a result of the higher vapor pressure of Zn compared to Zn 2+ in the float atmosphere. In addition to the evaporation and deposition of the Zn in colder spots, which are undesirable for the operation of the float, the uneven distribution of the Zn in the glass also participates in the origin of critical crystal bands close to the surface. These crystal bands of large high or beta quartz mixed crystals originate in the vicinity of the surface where the Zn concentration in the glass has risen back close to the initial value. It is therefore appropriate to keep the initial value low from the start.
  • the concentration of SnO 2 in the glass is restricted to less than 1 wt. %.
  • the SnO 2 is partly reduced, especially in the surface of the glass.
  • small metal Sn spheres form in the glass in the immediate surface of the glass, and although they can easily be removed during cooling or cleaning, they leave behind spherical holes or pits or depressions that are extremely undesirable for the intended use of the glass.
  • the above-mentioned primary glasses are fined or refined without using the fining agents arsenic oxide and/or antimony oxide which are conventional for glass from the Li 2 O—Al 2 O 3 —SiO 2 system.
  • the above mentioned fining agents under the action of the reducing conditions during floating, the above mentioned fining agents in particular are reduced directly on the surface of the glass and form undesirable and visible metallic coatings. The removal of these coatings, which are aesthetically and toxicologically undesirable, requires grinding and polishing and is disadvantageous for economic reasons.
  • the molten glass can also be fined physically, e.g. by means of underpressure or by means of high temperature >1750° C.
  • alternative fining agents such as SnO 2 , CeO 2 , sulfate compounds, chloride compounds, for example, preferably 0.2-0.6 wt. % SnO 2 .
  • the molten glass can also be fined physically, e.g. by means of underpressure or by means of high temperature >1750° C.
  • alternative fining agent such as SnO 2 , CeO 2 , sulfate compounds, chloride compounds, for example, preferably 0.2-0.6 wt. % SnO 2
  • the molten glass can also be fined physically, e.g. by means of underpressure or by means of high temperature >1750° C.
  • the required seed quality or number of bubbles can be achieved by means of alternative fining agents and/or alternative fining methods.
  • a floated, ceramized aluminosilicate glass with the following composition in wt. % on an oxide basis: Li 2 O comprising three and two tenths to five weight percent and within the range percentages in tenth of percent steps such that any tenth of a percent may be a limit of a diminished range; Na 2 O comprising zero to one and five tenths weight percent and within the range percentages in tenth of percent steps such that any tenth of a percent may be a limit of a diminished range; K 2 O comprising zero to one and five tenths weight percent and within the range percentages in tenth of percent steps such that any tenth of a percent may be a limit of a diminished range; ⁇ Na 2 O+K 2 O comprising two tenths to two weight percent and within the range percentages in tenth of percent steps such that any tenth of a percent may be a limit of a diminished range; ⁇ Na 2 O+K 2 O comprising two tenths
  • the glass in one particularly preferred embodiment has a composition, in wt. % on an oxide basis, of: Li 2 O comprising three and five tenths to four and five tenths weight percent and within the range percentages in tenth of percent steps such that any tenth of a percent may be a limit of a diminished range; Na 2 O comprising two tenths to one weight percent and within the range percentages in tenth of percent steps such that any tenth of a percent may be a limit of a diminished range; K 2 O comprising zero to eight tenths weight percent and within the range percentages in tenth of percent steps such that any tenth of a percent may be a limit of a diminished range; ⁇ Na 2 O+K 2 O comprising four tenths to one and five tenths weight percent and within the range percentages in tenth of percent steps such that any tenth of a percent may be a limit of a diminished range; MgO comprising three tenths
  • This glass is used with particular advantage for the manufacture of the glass ceramic object claimed by the invention, because the corresponding surface is very easy to clean.
  • the glass ceramic object claimed by the invention can be used wherever ease of cleaning is necessary. It can be used for, among other things, oven door windows, in particular windows for doors for kitchen stoves, or for glass ceramic cooking surfaces of cooktops.
  • invention includes “inventions”, that is, the plural of “invention”.
  • invention the Applicants do not in any way admit that the present application does not include more than one patentably and non-obviously distinct invention, and maintains that this application may include more than one patentably and non-obviously distinct invention.
  • disclosure of this application may include more than one invention, and, in the event that there is more than one invention, that these inventions may be patentable and non-obvious one with respect to the other.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of a stove with a cooktop and oven
  • FIG. 2 is a top view of a cooktop or hob with multiple cooking zones
  • FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of a free-standing oven with an oven door window.
  • FIG. 1 of the embodiment example shows a stove 1 for cooking food with a cooktop 40 and an oven 42 .
  • the oven door 44 has a window 10 .
  • Both the cooktop 40 and the window 10 of the oven door 42 can have easy-to-clean glass ceramic surfaces according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a cooktop or hob for cooking food 40 with cooking zones 2 .
  • the cooktop 40 has an easy-to-clean glass ceramic surface.
  • FIG. 3 shows a free-standing oven for cooking food 42 with an oven door 44 .
  • the oven door 44 has a window 10 with an easy-to-clean glass ceramic surface.
  • a stove such as for cooking food
  • the stove comprising: a stove body; a cooktop; the cooktop comprising a cooking surface; at least one heat source; the at least one heat source being disposed at the cooking surface; the cooking surface being configured to receive a bottom of a cooking utensil; the cooking surface comprising an uncoated surface; the cooking surface comprising an unpolished surface; the cooking surface comprising a floated glass ceramic material, having a surface roughness which is minimized and uneven spots being minimized to thus minimize air cushions being formed between the cooking surface and a bottom of a cooking utensil to thus maximize heat transfer between the cooking surface and a bottom of a cooking utensil and controls being disposed under the cooking surface of the cooktop; and the cooking surface being configured to minimize distortion in the cooking surface and thus permit a substantially distortion-free view of the controls.
  • a cooktop such as for cooking food
  • said cooktop comprising: a cooking surface; at least one heat source; the at least one heat source being disposed at the cooking surface; the cooking surface being configured to receive a bottom of a cooking utensil; the cooking surface comprising unpolished ceramized float glass; the float glass being ceramized to minimize roughness and thus provide a cooking surface to minimize cleaning effort.
  • a stove such as for cooking food
  • the stove comprising: a stove body; a cooktop; the cooktop comprising a cooking surface; the cooktop having at least one heat source disposed at the cooking surface; the cooking surface being configured to receive a bottom of a cooking utensil; an oven body; at least one heat source; the at least one heat source being disposed at the oven body; the oven body comprising an oven door; the oven door comprising a window; the window being disposed and configured to view contents in the oven; the oven door window comprising a substantially unpolished surface; the oven door window comprising glass; the window comprising a floated glass ceramic pane; and the floated glass ceramic being configured to have a surface roughness which is minimized.
  • Still another feature of the invention resides broadly in a cooking appliance, such as an oven for cooking food, the cooking appliance comprising: an oven body; at least one heat source; the at least one heat source being disposed at the oven body; the oven body comprising an oven door; the oven door comprising an oven door window; the oven door window comprising a pane; the pane comprising ceramized float glass; the float glass being ceramized to minimize roughness and to minimize cleaning effort.
  • a further feature of the invention resides broadly in an easy-to-clean glass ceramic object consisting of a floated glass ceramic that directly and without additional polishing has a surface structure that has a roughness determined by the average roughness R a ⁇ 0.02 ⁇ m and/or the square average roughness R q ⁇ 0.01 ⁇ m.
  • Another feature of the invention resides broadly in a glass ceramic object manufactured from a floated initial glass that has a concentration of less than 300 ppb Pt, less than 30 ppb Rh, less than 1.5 wt. % ZnO and less than 1 wt. % SnO 2 , and that during the melting, the fining is performed without the use of the conventional fining agents arsenic oxide and/or antimony oxide.
  • Yet another feature of the invention resides broadly in a glass ceramic object with a floated aluminosilicate glass as the initial glass.
  • Still another feature of the invention resides broadly in a glass ceramic object characterized by a composition of the initial glass (in wt. % on an oxide basis) of: Li 2 O comprising three and two tenths to five weight percent and within the range percentages in tenth of percent steps such that any tenth of a percent may be a limit of a diminished range; Na 2 O comprising zero to one and five tenths weight percent and within the range percentages in tenth of percent steps such that any tenth of a percent may be a limit of a diminished range; K 2 O comprising zero to one and five tenths weight percent and within the range percentages in tenth of percent steps such that any tenth of a percent may be a limit of a diminished range; ⁇ Na 2 O+K 2 O comprising two tenths to two weight percent and within the range percentages in tenth of percent steps such that any tenth of a percent may be a limit of a diminished range; MgO comprising one tenth
  • a further feature of the invention resides broadly in a glass ceramic object characterized by a composition of the initial glass, in wt. % on an oxide basis, of: Li 2 O comprising three and five tenths to four and five tenths weight percent and within the range percentages in tenth of percent steps such that any tenth of a percent may be a limit of a diminished range; Na 2 O comprising two tenths to one weight percent and within the range percentages in tenth of percent steps such that any tenth of a percent may be a limit of a diminished range; K 2 O comprising zero to eight tenths weight percent and within the range percentages in tenth of percent steps such that any tenth of a percent may be a limit of a diminished range; ⁇ Na 2 O+K 2 O comprising four tenths to one and five tenths weight percent and within the range percentages in tenth of percent steps such that any tenth of a percent may be a limit of a diminished range; M
  • Another feature of the invention resides broadly in a glass ceramic object characterized by the fact that for the initial glass, to prevent the formation of an undesirable crystal band near the surface during the floating, the following expression is valid (in wt. %): 3.2 ⁇ ZnO+TiO 2 ⁇ 4.3.
  • Yet another feature of the invention resides broadly in a glass ceramic object characterized by concentrations of less than 200 ppb Fe 2 O 3 and less than 2.5 wt. % TiO 2 in the initial glass, to counteract an undesirable discoloration in the vitreous state and to achieve a light transmission or light transmitting capacity at a 4 mm thickness of >89%, preferably >90%.
  • Still another feature of the invention resides broadly in a glass ceramic object characterized by the fact that the initial glass is technically or industrially free of BaO.
  • a further feature of the invention resides broadly in a glass ceramic object characterized by a coefficient of thermal expansion ⁇ 20/300 between 3.5 and 5.0 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 6 /K, a transformation temperature T g between 600 and 750° C. and a processing temperature V A of the glass ceramic of less than 1350° C.
  • Another feature of the invention resides broadly in a glass ceramic object characterized by a coefficient of thermal expansion of the glass ceramic with keatite mixed crystals as the predominant crystal phase of less than 1.5 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 6 /K.
  • Yet another feature of the invention resides broadly in a glass ceramic object characterized by a coefficient of thermal expansion of the glass ceramic with high quartz or beta quartz mixed crystals as the predominant crystal phase of (0 ⁇ 0.3) ⁇ 10 ⁇ 6 /K, preferably (0 ⁇ 0.15) ⁇ 10 ⁇ 6 /K and a light transmission or light transmitting capacity of >80%.
  • Still another feature of the invention resides broadly in a glass ceramic object characterized by the fact that to achieve a low seed number or number of seeds or number of bubbles, at least one alternative chemical fining agent such as SnO 2 , CeO 2 , sulfate compounds, chloride compounds, preferably 0.2-0.6 wt. % SnO 2 , for example, is added to the molten glass.
  • at least one alternative chemical fining agent such as SnO 2 , CeO 2 , sulfate compounds, chloride compounds, preferably 0.2-0.6 wt. % SnO 2 , for example, is added to the molten glass.
  • a further feature of the invention resides broadly in a glass ceramic object characterized by the fact that to achieve a low seed number, the molten glass is physically fined, e.g. by means of underpressure or high temperature >1750° C.
  • German Patent No. 30 49 491 C2, German Patent No. 42 27 672 C2, French Patent No. 2 626 964, European Patent No. 0 069 298 B1 and German Patent Application No. 197 05 715.2.-16 are hereby incorporated as if set forth in their entirety herein.
  • resistors printed on or disposed on a ceramic material which may be utilized or adapted for use in at least one possible embodiment of the present invention may be found in the following U.S. patents: U.S. Pat. No. 4,004,130, issued on Jan. 18, 1977; U.S. Pat. No. 4,160,897, issued on Jul. 10, 1979; U.S. Pat. No. 4,762,982, issued on Aug. 9, 1988; U.S. Pat. No. 5,264,681, issued on Nov. 23, 1993; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,700,338, issued on Dec. 23, 1997.
  • the aforementioned patents are hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth in their entirety herein.
  • float glass and/or glass ceramics that may be utilized or adapted for use in at least one possible embodiment of the present invention may be found in the following U.S. patents: U.S. Pat. No. 6,143,417, having inventors Nomura et al., issued on Nov. 7, 2000; U.S. Pat. No. 6,065,309, having inventors Cooper et al., issued on May 23, 2000; U.S. Pat. No. 5,723,172, having inventor Sherman, issued on Mar. 3, 1998; U.S. Pat. No. 5,846,279, having inventors Nomura et al., issued on Dec. 8, 1998; U.S. Pat. No. 5,665,424, having inventor Sherman, issued on Sep. 9, 1997; and U.S. Pat. No. 4,859,636, having inventors Aratani et al., issued on Aug. 22, 1989.
  • the aforementioned patents are hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth in their entirety herein.
  • ceramizing glass-ceramic or glass features of which may possibly be incorporated in an embodiment of the present invention may be found in U.S. Pat. No. 4,824,463 issued to Neuhoff et al. on Apr. 25, 1989 and entitled “Process for ceramising glass-ceramic sheets”; and U.S. Pat. No. 4,851,022 issued to Günthner on Jul. 25, 1989 and entitled “Method and oven for ceramising glass plates”, all of these U.S. patents being hereby expressly incorporated by reference as if set forth in their entirety herein.

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